Category Archives: motivation

Ethan Zohn & Steve Brown to Host Charity Soccer Clinic

Ethan Zohn and Steve Brown, in partnership with The Haverford Soccer Club, are hosting a soccer training session for Middle and High School aged boys and girls. The session will be held at YSC Sports on Main Street in Manayunk Pennsylvania on Sunday September 5th at 1pm. All clinic proceeds will benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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Taking the First Step

Today, I'm sharing a story from Jackie Fiore, a young woman who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) when she was a student at Boston College.
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Laying Life’s Bricks

While I don’t always know exactly where I am headed, I typically have a pretty sound belief that the direction I am traveling is the “right” direction. I try my best not to leave too much litter and debris along these roads that I travel.
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XTERRA WETSUITS and Swim Across America Team Up to Fight Cancer

As America’s number one selling triathlon and open water swimming wetsuit and America’s premier open water swim series, XTERRA WETSUITS and Swim Across America (SAA) are proud to announce a partnership for the remainder of the 2010 season.
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Searching

I think people take on the challenge of endurance events because they love the challenge. They love the idea of pushing themselves, managing their own demons, and that incredible feeling of victory at the finish. (and victory can be defined very differently for every athlete). I was drawn in to the ironman because it scared me and I couldn’t conceive how the human mind, body, and spirit could endure 140.6 miles of racing. The more I didn’t understand it, the more I was drawn to it. And eventually I reached the point of magnetism as my coordinates locked on and the rest is history.
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Finding Your Way

It’s so easy to just fumble along and go with the flow without really understanding where you are headed or why. It’s almost like we travel through our lives as if in a maze, always looking for “the way” through it.
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Life is Pretty Easy Afterall

I don't know what all of the confusion is about. I think I have this game figured out. Everyone should get along quite nicely if we all strive to do the following before we are done here:
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Let’s Live

Please take a minute and check out this project which is the result of much effort and planning of a good friend of mine and fellow survivor Susan Thornton. If you are a cancer survivor, or know one, "Let's Live" is a must for you.
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Moving Ahead in 2010 – Grassroot Soccer & NYC 26.2

As I shift gears away from my Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man of the Year campaign, it’s time to start promoting another high profile fundraising initiative that I have taken on in 2010.
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Brad Schoener Memorial 5k and Music Marathlon

The DELCO times had a nice piece in the paper today on our big event this weekend. All of the elements are coming together and this has all of the ingredients to be an amazing day. Hope to see you there.
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